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What is the condition, for a molecule do not exist?(a) NA = NB(b) NA > NB(c) NA < NB(d) NA >/< NBThis question was posed to me in unit test.My question is based upon Bonding in Some Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules topic in division Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure of Chemistry – Class 11

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Right answer is (a) NA = NB

Easiest explanation: When a molecule’s bond order is EQUAL to zero, the molecule cannot exist. The formula for finding out bond order is \(\FRAC{1}{2}\)(NB – NA). So NA – NB = 0, that is NA = NB. Where NA as the number of anti-bonding MOLECULAR orbitals and NB as the number of bonding molecular orbitals.



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